Buggy top and curtain.



E. G. F. BECKER.

BUGGY TOP AND CURTAIN.

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EMILIUS CHRISTIAN FERDINAND BECKER, OF MILLEDGEVI LLE, GEORGIA.

BUGGY TO]? AND CURTAIN.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed September 11, 1908.

Patented July 13, 1909.

Serial No. 452,640.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EMILIUS CHRISTIAN FERDINAND BECKER, a citizen of theUnited States, residing at Milledgeville, in the county of Baldwin andState of Georgia, have invented a new and useful Buggy Top and Curtain,of which the following is a specification.

This invention has relation to buggy-top and curtains, and it consistsin the novel construction and arrangement of its parts, as hereinaftershown and described.

In buggy tops, as usually constructed and in which supporting bows areemployed, the cover is a plied to the upper portions of the bows, andthat part of the cover which lies over the intermediate or horizontalsections of the bows is generally referred to as the roof or deck, whilethat part of the cover which lies against the upper substantiallyvertical portions of the bows is termed the quarter. A lining is usuallyapplied to the inner and under sides of the bows, and said lininggenerally terminates substantially at the same level with the loweredges of the quarters, and is provided at its lower edge with astiffening ace. The space occurring between the bows and between thelower edges of the lace and quarters, is termed the forks.

It is the object of the present invention to provide side curtains for abuggy top which are adapted to be attached directly to the lower ortionsof the quarters of the top, and upon t e inner sides of the same wherebythe lower edges of the quarters will overlap the upper edges of the sldecurtains.

With this object in View, the present invention consists, primarily, inproviding a bridging of flexible material between the lacing and thequarter which is secured to both of the said parts by means ofstitchings and said bridging material lies between the said parts.

Hooks are mounted upon strips of leather, which are secured to the innersides of the quarters by means of the stitchings above referred to andthe stitchings which form the selvage edge of the quarters, and,conseuently, the said hooks are located between t equartersandthelace.Thevalance orthe front portion of the cover of the buggy top is providedat its lower sides and front edges with incisions which are adapted toreceive the forward portions of the side curtains and which permit theside curtains to be bent rails thereof.

around against the front surfaces of the forward buggy-bow, and upon thefront surface of the said bow knobs are located which are adapted toenter eyes provided in the side curtains. The side curtains are alsoprovided at their upper edges with eyelets, which are adapted to receivethe hooks which are attached to the inner sides of the quarters, and thelower edge portions of the side curtains are also provided with eyeletswhich are adapted to receive knobs located upon the sides of the buggybottom and below the side By such an arrangement it will be seen thatmeans is provided for attaching the side curtains with the cover of thebuggy top in such manner that an effeotual watershed is provided, andthat no water may run from the roof or the deck of the cover down alongthe inner surfaces of the side curtains, or along the vertical portionsof the bows of the top nor is it possible that the wheels of the buggymay cast up dirt or mud under the lower edges of the side curtains,inasmuch as they are, when in place, attached to the sides of the bodyof the buggy and are held in such positions as to effectually shed orward off any material which may be cast up by the wheels of the vehicle.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the buggy top and curtains. Fig. 2 isa sectionalview of portions of the same.

The buggy top consists of the usual bows 1, u on the up )er intermediateportions of whici is locateil the flexible cover 2. The cover 2 consistsof the intermediate roof portion or deck, 3, and the side portions orquarters, 4. The lining 5 is located against the inner and under sidesof the intermediate portions of the bows 1, and the said lining isprovided at its lower edges with the lace 6. The lower edge of the lace6 is substantially at the same level as the lower edges of the quarters4. The forward portion of the cover 3 terminates in the usual valance 7,which is provided at its ends and at its forward edges with the slits orincisions 8. The lower edges of the uarters are disconnected from thevertical silles of the bows 1, and the said quarters are connected ortacked to the bows at points about one and one half inches from theirlower edges. The lower edges of the quarters 4 are rovided with theusual selvage seams 9, an at points substantially in alinement, orthereabouts with the points at which the quarters are connected with the("b an bows'of the top, the said quarters are provided with thehorizontally disposedseams or stitchings 10. The strips 11 are securedagainst the inner sides of the quarters 4 by means of the stitchings 9and 10, and are located between the bows 1. The hooks 12 are riveted tothe strips 11, and are located in the space between the lace 6 and thequarters 4, which space is usually termed the fork.

The bridge material 13 is located in the forks above mentioned, and issecured at one edge to the lace 6, and at its opposite edge to thequarters 4 by means of the stitchings 10, and the intermediate portionof the bridge material 13 lies over the upper ends of the hooks 12. Thesaid material 13 is employed for the purpose of closing the forks abovementioned, and also for bracing the free lower portions of the quarters4 against the lace 6, which is usually of a stiffening material.

The knobs 14 are located upon the forward sides of the front buggy bow1, and substantially at the incisions 8, provided in the valance 7. Theside curtains 15 are provided at their upper edge portions with theeyelets 16, and at their lower edge portions with the eyelets 17. Knobs18 are located upon the sides of the body 19 of the buggy and below theside rails thereof.

From the above description, it is obvious that when the eyelets 16 areengaged with the hooks 12 that the upper edges of the side curtains 15will lie within the forks occurring between the lower edges of thequarters 4 and the lace 6. Consequently, the upper edges of the sidecurtains 15 will be pocketed, and the lower edges of the quarterswillproject below the upper edges of the same; consequently, the water thatfalls upon the roof or deck 3 of the cover cannot enter or pass downalong the inner sides of the curtains 15, or against the lower portionsof the top bow 1. The forward upper edge portions of the curtains 15 arepassed through incisions 8 provided in the valance 7, and the forwardeyelets 16 of the curtains 15 are engaged with the knobs 14, andconsequently, the forward portions of the side curtains 15 are bentaround the forward bow 1 of the buggy top, and thus a completewater-shed is effected at the forward portion of the buggy top, and inconjunction with the valance section of the cover. The eyelets 17 areengaged with the knobs 18 located upon the body 19 of the buggy, and asthe said knobs 18 are located below the side rails of the seat, thelower portions of the side curtains 15 are brought into direct contactwith the sides of the body, and any mud or other material cast up by thewheels cannot enter in under the lower edges of the said side curtains.It will also be seen that the leather strips 1 1 brace the lowerportions of the quarters 4 of the cover, and tend to hold the same inproper shape, notwithstanding the fact that the lower edge portions ofthe said quarters are disconnected from the top bows 1. The said stripsalso form firm foundations, upon which the hooks 12 are located, and, atthe same time, they permit a certain amount of fleXion in the materialto enable the eyelets 16 to be readily passed over the hooks 12.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure, by Letters Patent, is

A buggy top comprising bows, a cover mounte upon the upper faces of thebows, and a lining mounted upon the lower faces of the bows a curtainhaving its upper edge removably assembled with the lower edge of thecover at the inner side of the cover; and a flexible bridging stripdisposed between the cover and lining and having its edges assembledwith the lower edges of the cover and the lining, the bridging stripbeing arched intermediate its edges, above the upper edge of thecurtain.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto affixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

I EMILIUS CHRISTIAN FERDINAND BECKER.

Witnesses: Y

J. C. MITCHELL, C. W. S'rooKs.

